Appakatus for exhibiting panoramic views and the like



(No Model.)

R. ESOHB. APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING PANORAMIG VIEWS AND THE LIKE. No. 416,290. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

PETERS. Plmmumw m hm, Washington, D C.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROBERT ESCI-IF, OF GENEVA, S\VITZERLAND.

APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING PANORAMIC VIEWS AND THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,290, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed September 12, 1888. Serial No. 285,238. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT ESOHIJ, a subject of the Emperor of Russia, residing at Geneva, Switzerland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Exhibiting Panoramic Views and the Like, not known or used before my invention thereof, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a diagram indicating the general arrangement of the several parts constituting the essential portion of my invention. Fig. 2 illustrates a known optical arrangement employed in panoramas. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of a panorama.

This invention relates to improvements in panoramas, peep-shows, or apparatus for exhibiting panoramic views and the like, and has for its object so to construct such apparatus that the services of an attendant to collect the fees for inspecting the same may be dispensed with, the usual arrangement con sisting of a picture or object to be exhibited, and a sight-hole with or without a lens therein is employed. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The sight hole or lens G is normally covered by a shutter G, which moves aside when impelled by the mechanism hereinafter referred to.

In the casing inclosing the panoramic arrangement S '1 U V, Fig. 2, a slot A, Figs. 1 and 3, suitable for the reception of a coin, is provided. A suitable chute or guide 13 behind the slot conducts the coin when inserted into a semicircular box or tray 0, fixed on one end of an elbow-lever D. The other end of the elbow-lever D carries a counter-weight G, so shaped as to act as the shutter for the lens. Upon the elbow-levera sliding weight II may also be provided for adjustment. 0 is the fulcrum of D. Vhen the coins fall into the tray or box 0 on the elbow-lever D, the latter is tilted, and uncovers the lens. A spur Ion the elbow-lever is in said movement carried toward a rod or lever K, connected with a train of clock-work M of any suitable construction. The spur I strikes the rod K, and the latter starts the clock-work arranged like an ordinary stopwatch or the like. In the further descent of the lever D the spur R is caught by spring L, (see Fig. 1,) and retained until the continued motion of the clock-work raises the spring and allows of return motion of the lever D. The coin now falls off the box or tray, but the elbow-lever is, by its spur R, rerained until the clock-work set in motion by the lever connected with it operates the spring has stated, so that it moves out of the way of the spur.

N is the hopper of the coin-receptacle into which the coin falls from the tray 0. Z is an aperture in the casing for the insertion of a winding-key to wind up the clock-work.

The panorama may be arranged as shown in Fig. 2-that is to say, the top screen S carries the picture, while T UVserve as reflectorscreens and to hide the mechanism. One or more such arrangements may be inclosed in an ornamental casing, as shown in Fig. 3, which has glazed parts, where required to admit light from the outside, or may inclose a source of light.

I claim- 1. In an apparatus of the class described, the co1nbination,with a suitable casing having panoramic views arranged therein, a coinaperture and a peep-hole in said casing, of a pivoted lever adapted to be tilted by the weight of a coin and carrying at one end a shutter or screen which normally lies behind the peep-hole, a spur or catch for engaging the other end of the lever when the latter is tilted, and clock-work actingupon the catch to cause it to release the lever end, as described, for the purpose specified.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination,with a suitable casin g having panoramic views arranged therein, a coinaperture and a peep-hole in said casing, of a pivoted lever adapted to be tilted by the weight of a coin, carrying at one end a shutter or screen which normally lies behind the peephole, clock-work arranged within the casing and adapted to be automatically set in motion by the lever when the latter is tilted, and a catch for engaging one end of the lever when the latter tilts, said catch being actuated by the clock-work to release the lever end in the manner described, for the purpose specified.

3/111 an apparatus of the class described, the combination,with a suitable casin g having panoramic views arranged therein, a coinaperture and a peep-hole in said casing, of a pivoted lever carrying at one end a shutter or screen which normally lies behind the peephole, and at the other end a eoinreeeptacle, said lever being adapted to be tilted when a coin is dropped into the receptacle to uncover the peep-hole and to return into its normal position when the coin has dropped from the receptacle, as described, for the purpose specified.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the co1nbinati0n,with a suitable casing having panoramic views arranged therein, a coin aperture, and a peep-hole in said casing, of a pivoted lever carrying at one end a shutter or screen which normally lies behind the peephole, and at the other end a coin-receptacle, said lever being adapted to be tilted when a coin is dropped into the receptacle to uncover the peep-hole and to return into its normal position when the coin has dropped from the receptacle, and an adjustable weight carried by said lever, as described, for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of the casing having panoramic views arranged therein and havi ng a coin-aperture and a peep-hole, the pivoted lover I), carrying at one end the shutter or screen 1i", and at the other end the coin-receptacle C and spur R, the clock-work M, the rod K, connected therewith, the spur I on the lever D, adapted to engage the end of rod K when said lever is tilted and thereby set the clock-work in motion, and the catch L,adapted to engage the spur B when lover I) tilts, said catch being actuated by the clock-work to release the spur and allow spur I to release the end of rod K, said parts being arranged for co-operation substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ROBERT Esenic.

llitnesses:

E. BOETTCHER, ll'. ULMY. 

